I am nagged by so many things that I can hardly keep track. Still, before blogging, I never would’ve imagined that recipe ideas would nag me with such persistence until I finally “take the risk” and try them out.
This can get pretty intense, since you know how I feel about getting burned with recipe heartbreak. I hate how vulnerable I get when I whip out my almond flour and those Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips that I love so much (and that don’t exactly grow on trees, either.) It’s a tough risk to take, but when things come out exactly how you want them to, it’s all worth it, right?
As you know by now, Thursdays are for Thinking Out Loud and that’s what imma ’bout to do, as if the intro didn’t already give you that vibe. I’m thinking out loud on limited sleep once again today, due to child number 2 going down with a stomach bug last night.
She’s doing better today and resting, but I’m still traumatized from what went down between the hours of 5:00pm and midnight on Tuesday night. Please, give me fevers of 104 and croup cough and even pneumonia – no, I do not like those things but yet I don’t physically panic about them the way I do when one of my kids has come down with a stomach bug.
I am literally praying to the germ gods, wherever they may be, to please spare the third child because I’m not sure my nerves can survive another night like that in the near future. Apparently tons of kids at the elementary school have been sick with this, I’m just curious why there was such a big gap between the two girls getting sick – in other words, I’m paranoid that this is actually two different bugs, which means this one can start the cycle all over again. As you can see I really am an unstoppable lunatic when it comes to these things, so I will put it to rest for now and move on.
Definitely doing a bit better now, she was wondering why her skin looked so pale in the picture.
Let’s go back to the whole recipe nagging thing and then I’ll let you in on the little something that I just don’t care about no matter how much I’ve tried to all my life.
It was last Sunday, and I happily reported to Adam that I was getting tons of blog traffic from Pinterest all day long. Without looking at me or missing a beat, he motioned to the TV and said “it’s because of this. Everyone’s watching football and on their phones.”
Then he said, “I hope you have a few Super Bowl recipes ready to go” or something of that nature.
Of course, I really don’t, I’m much more of a brunch kind of girl in case you guys haven’t noticed. Basically, my recipes go from Thanksgiving to Whole30 to Valentines Day because that’s the food I like to roll with, and roll around in (or just eat, you know what I mean.)
BUT this darned sweet potato bacon burger recipe thing has been nagging me for weeks, and after Adam saying what he did…
I FINALLY took the risk and made the darned thing. It’s really just everything I eat on a normal basis put together in appetizer form, I’m not sure what the delay was. Except that maybe I’m secretly rebelling against the Super Bowl. In fact that’s probably 100% it, come to think of it.
You see, the thing I can-not, will-not, have-tried-to-but-it-never-works have even the tiniest feeling for is Football. Okay fine, it’s every sport that involves a ball. Just can’t feel anything either good or bad. I don’t even NOT like it – I just don’t care at all. It might as well not even exist to me in this world for how little I think about it.
Which is strange, because Adam thinks about sports probably 96% of the time, and appears to care very deeply about these “games” that are constantly happening. He always says I’m such a good sport (haha) about how much he surrounds himself with football, baseball, and whatever else – but I’m just like “what are these things you speak of?” I just wasn’t even paying attention at all.
Most likely I was being nagged too hard by butternut squash noodles (oy) or banana caramel cookies (they don’t exist…yet) to notice the sweaty, injured men on TV or on their own couches air punching at the TV and crying. If I do ever notice, I usually giggle and that’s the end of that.
Is there something that other people get into that you just can’t and have zero desire to try?
What nags you?
What is your least favorite illness to deal with either for yourself or your kids?
omg another stomach virus! it is so going around, I hope no one else (including us) catches it. the sore throats are going around too but those are so much easier to deal with! those burgers are so cute! I used to get nutt and consumed with cookie recipes when I had my business but I didn’t have to take pictures of them! I think that’s the worst part! in my opinion that is, because I despise photography lol
Drew seems to be the only one spared! It was a quick one but SO bad while it was happening. Ugh, I’m still emotionally recovering I think!
I can’t really get into football either. I’ve tried, but I lose interest after about 30 seconds. I would much rather enjoy the food and drinks than actually watch the game! I also think that the stomach bug is my least favorite illness. Even though it probably comes and goes the quickest, it really knocks you down hard and those 24-48 hours are pretty torturous!
Totally agree – Adam tries to calm me down by reminding me how quickly they pass but in the moment it’s just so terrible!
My son being sick always drives me nut… Pneumonia got him in a hospital bed for almost a week last winter, which mean I pretty much “slept” on a hospital chair for a week…It makes you appreciate the little things…like just being home 😉 I tip my virtual hat to you, who is raising three little ones 😉 I will never get football… but I am a fan of super bowl food!
Anything warranting a hospital with a child is just a complete nightmare 🙁 Definitely makes you appreciate health in a new way though!
Basically football is the only sport I watch. I can’t stand basketball or baseball. They’re so boring! As for nagging, it’s my blog. It drives me crazy that there is always a never ending to do list. I never feel like I’m done with anything. There’s always more and more to do. I finally realized there are only so many hours in the day and that’s just what it is!
I’ve accepted the hours in a day thing as much as I can for now. Plus I have to ask myself how important something really is that I’m neglecting other things just to get to it! There’s always something to do, never-ending.
You know me, I can’t be bothered with the majority of life. I used to be really into celebrities and gossip, but I haven’t been for years. Also, I can’t get into the whole zombie thing. They are just gross, in my opinion. I’m sorry you have another stomach bug going around. Kids are like Petri Dishes, I tell you.
Yup, I feel like I write about us being sick constantly and the odd thing is we were sick a whole lot more when they were all younger! With 3 kids literally someone alway has something.
I am exactly the same way about stomach bugs. Petrified when I hear one is going around. Paranoid that I’ll get it. Dread if anyone in my house gets it. Heart races just reading your post about it. Blech.
Oh Debbie I feel your pain! It’s better not to hear that one is going around, I wind up not sleeping even if no one in the family gets it – what a waste!
I’m a HUGE football fan so I can’t empathize there…but boy can I with the stomach bug. I am already fearful of my future children getting it often (crazy?). One random thing I have no desire to “try”…Game of Thrones. I did try the first episode but couldn’t get into it.
I was also fearful about that before having kids, and I can tell you that if you fear it like I do, it really never gets better! It’s always horrifying to me no matter how many times I’ve dealt with it. Luckily I haven’t traumatized my kids to where they have anxiety about it. They don’t like it but they also don’t freak out about it like I do! Also I’m bad at getting into TV shows.
Aww I’m so sorry that your family is being plagued by the stomach bug! That’s never fun. I’ve been nagged by the same superbowl stuff as every food blogger can relate and I have a similar recipe going up tomorrow even though I’m not a huge football fan either!
Thankfully it is over, for now, at least! I need to go check out your recipe!
I’m not overly big on watching sports on TV either, especially when it comes to football, baseball, and basketball. Hockey I can do, but I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that I grew up watching it with my dad so it has sentimental value. Well, that and I’m Canadian 😉
I’m surprised I have zero sentiment toward baseball because I watched that with my dad too, I guess I always saw it as background noise though and it never changed!
I seriously cannot get into sports whatsoever. Thankfully, I married a guy who’s totally into cars (which, to be fair, I also don’t get at all) and not sports so I’m golden. I only watch the puppybowl, and halftime if I dig the performer, which Coldplay and Beyonce is a win in my book.
I wouldn’t be into cars either 🙂 Sports, cars, whatever, it’s all in the background!
It’s so funny, but I am the exact same way about any sport with a ball except tennis (give me gymnastics or figure skating, I’m such a girl). One day a few years ago my mom said to me, one day you’ll meet a boy who will make you watch football. And this Sunday, guess what I was doing? 🙂
I love gymnastics, that’s my favorite! I just can’t watch football, even if I’m looking straight at the TV and taking in what’s happening, I literally do not care about it at all 🙂 In fact it’s the one thing I can rely on never to care about and almost appreciate it for that!
It’s so sad to see a little one sick. I hope she gets better soon. And what’s nagging me? I would really like to work on more recipe development and photography. I’m either procrastinating or too busy. O_o
She’s better and luckily it was quick, thanks! Recipes and photography can be exhausting but also really fun 🙂
Completely agree about football/pro sports in general. I will never choose to watch them on TV, and Danny would spend his entire day every day doing that if he could. I don’t mind the Superbowl though because of all the food and there are usually fun parties. Other than that, I make other plans on Sundays when Danny watches football 😛
Adam finds a way to occupy all his waking moments with sports and has ever since I’ve met him 🙂 And I also like the Super Bowl only for an excuse to see friends!
Ugh I hope that your kids get better soon! I hate those bugs that just seem to go around and around and around. I have to admit though that I’m a HUGE sports fan and love it all !
I definitely think it’s cool when girls are genuinely into sports! Adam has tried to get my girls to watch with him but they seem to care as little as me, at least for now! Luckily our bug is over, hoping for good this time.
I really can’t get into football at all, which is all people in Seattle seem to talk about this time of year! I hope your kids feel better soon! The stomach bug really is the worst and messiest to deal with. Colds are going around here, but at least you can eat and somewhat function with those!
I would take a cold or ear infection or really anything else, even though those aren’t pleasant at all either. For now it seems we’re done with the stomach bug and I’m hoping that was it for quite a while!
Barfs are gross and not an uncommon phobia. It was my go-to phobia for years, and I’m talking like, it was BAD. My then husband Jason broke his leg AND got the stomach flu and all I could do was curl up into the fetal position, press my face into the couch and cry on the phone to my friend while I waited for the ativan to kick in. I’m not sure why Jason didn’t kill me for that. He’d have to hop on one leg to the toilet, throw up, deal, hop back, and I was nowhere to be seen. I have a friend Jen who has two boys and she’s really REALLY phobic of barf. There’s just something about it. I think it’s that feeling of losing control, or something. I’m not sure, but I know we’re not alone.
It’s definitely a control thing and it is a real phobia! It’s gotten a bit better for me over the years but I still panic when faced with it initially. And forget it, if Adam gets sick he has to go to the basement, I do the same thing myself! I panic just a much about spreading it as I do about the actual puking. I’m at the point where I don’t care if I get it as long as no one else does.
My worst stomach flu story happened when I was 13. My sister, mom, and I all got it within about 4 hours on a Saturday morning. That left my older brother to keep an eye on my two younger siblings who were then 3 and 5. Did I mention my dad was also deployed in Iraq at the time? It was awful, and everyone ended up catching it but I don’t think it can ever get any worse than that.
That sounds horrifying! For some reason I panic even worse if it happens at night time, or in the middle of the night and not as much if it’s the morning. It definitely can’t get worse than everyone catching it the same day.
Sending you good health vibes…many vibes :O
Actually, the only sports I can tolerate are football and hockey…but really sports are just not my thing. My brother however….his life, he cares about nothing else, I kid you not 😛
We’re better for now! With 3 kids someone always has something – too many germs! I find it amusing that some men literally seem to live and breathe nothing but sports!
haha i also care nothing for football or sports in general. i dont get it! im more in to the arts! I get nagged by an unfinished to do list!
Yup, that’s me too – music and that sort of thing! Although I do love watching gymnastics 🙂
I don’t like football but I’m all about the food that accompanies it. 🙂
Food > Football no contest